Number of preschools in Sweden 2008-2018

Number of preschools in Sweden 2008-2018

Number of preschools in Sweden from 2008 to 2018

Preschool in Sweden is administered on a municipal level, and in some municipalities, there are also private preschools, but under the municipalities’ responsibility that they fulfil the requirements. The highest number of preschools in Sweden was reached in 2011, when there were little over ten thousand preschools. The number fluctuated over the years, with several years of decreasing number of preschools, even though the number of children attending preschools constantly increased in the same period. In 2018, there were around 9.8 thousand preschools, and around 518 thousand children attending preschools.
Share of children in preschool

The preschool attendance in 2018 was highest among four-year-old children. This age group consisted of 116,860 children, followed by the age group of five-year-old children, which amounted to 116,142 children.

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Preschool in Sweden is administered on a municipal level, and in some municipalities, there are also private preschools, but under the municipalities’ responsibility that they fulfil the requirements. The highest number of preschools in Sweden was reached in 2011, when there were little over ten thousand preschools. The number fluctuated over the years, with several years of decreasing number of preschools, even though the number of children attending preschools constantly increased in the same period. In 2018, there were around 9.8 thousand preschools, and around 518 thousand children attending preschools.

The preschool attendance in 2018 was highest among four-year-old children. This age group consisted of 116,860 children, followed by the age group of five-year-old children, which amounted to 116,142 children.

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2019

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Sweden

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2008 to 2018

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